I'm a father and yesterday was my daughter's first day of school. I don't think my job is to protect her at all costs. My job is to prepare her to be a healthy,

I'm a father and yesterday was my daughter's first day of school. I don't think my job is to protect her at all costs. My job is to prepare her to be a healthy, happy, and responsible adult. Protecting her is part of that, but so is letting her fall down so she can learn to get back up. Also, she will never learn personal responsibility if I defend her at all times regardless of fault. Sometimes she is the one in the wrong and she needs to learn from that.